3 When David went to restore his control ⌊over the territory⌋ along the Euphrates River, he defeated Zobah’s King Hadadezer, son of Rehob.
4 David took 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers from him. David also disabled all but 100 of their horses so that they couldn’t pull chariots.
5 When the Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.
6 David put troops in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became his subjects and paid taxes ⌊to him⌋. Everywhere David went, the Lord gave him victories.
7 David took the gold shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants, and he brought them to Jerusalem.
8 King David also took a large quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.
9 When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer’s whole army,